For $30, IKEA will let you turn any piece of furniture into a wireless phone charging station

IKEA recently started selling wireless phone charging units for $US30 that can be installed in nearly any piece of furniture. The Swedish furniture giant also sells a drill saw add-on for $US5 to create the perfect-sized hole for the charger, as well as covers for iPhones and older Samsung models that are not wireless charging compatible. So we decided to try it out ourselves.

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